Norman Sicily: Art and Power in Palermo
November 3-4, 2017Marines’ Memorial Theatre, San FranciscoEven before their rapid conquest of England in 1066, Norman knights arrived in Saracen-controlled Sicily. Pretending to serve as mercenaries variously to the Lombards, the local lords of Benevento or the Byzantines, they plotted long-term opportunities for themselves in Sicily. Those who fou...
Literary Locations (III): Pirandello's Sicily
As the third installment of the Literary Locations series, the Italian Cultural Institute presents a screening of the film "Kaos," a brilliant adaptation by the Taviani brothers of four short stories by Pirandello. After Naples and Rome, the Literary Locations series travels farther south to the place that has perhaps been the most fertile in the r...
Obiturary: David Bonelli
For many, the memory of Dave Bonelli, who passed away on August 26 at the age of 98, is synonymous with a different era on Potrero Hill. For five decades, Bonelli was a fixture at Atchison’s Pharmacy on Connecticut Street, during a time when local drugs stores were an integral part of community culture. At Atchison’s, youngsters could get ice crea...
Amici House in San Diego
We are pleased to announce that Convivio will be establishing a heritage and visitors center in Little Italy–Amici House–in Amici Park near State and Date Streets with the support of the Little Italy Association. Situated near the upcoming Piazza della Famiglia, Washington Elementary, and Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Amici House will add an impor...
Via Arte chalk-full of fun
Most opportunities to support the arts in Bakersfield are on a smaller scale — an exhibition opening, art walk or festival. But when you're gathering more than 400 artists to create work at the same time, you can only be talking about Via Arte. Organized by the Bakersfield Museum of Art, the Italian street painting festival is in its 19th year a...
Bellini masterpieces at the Getty make for one of the year's best museum shows
In his depiction of Jesus newly risen from the tomb and lifting his right hand in gentle blessing, painted around 1500, Giovanni Bellini represents Christianity’s savior as the morning dawn. At the far right, the bell tower of a distant town pierces the incandescent horizon, poised to toll and announce the arrival of a new day. In this extraordinar...
LA’s Columbus Day is on its way out, but that’s not stopping Valley’s Italian-Americans
It’s been a tough year for Italians in Los Angeles. Columbus Day officially got the axe, and was renamed Indigenous People’s Day to atone for the sins of Christopher Columbus six centuries ago. And the Feast of San Gennaro Festival Los Angeles — an annual Italian street festival in Hollywood held to raise funds for charities and celebrate National...
Italian Heritage Month a Los Angeles
L'annuale ricorrenza del Columbus Day a Los Angeles, grazie all'intervento del Consigliere Comunale del XV Distretto Joe Buscaino, di origine italiana, si e' trasformata in "Italian Heritage Month". La celebrazione ha avuto luogo il 12 ottobre nella sala del Cosiglio Comunale alla presenza della numerosa comunità italo-americana, durante la quale...
An Italian Jewish Soldier’s Fight to Save His Family from Fascism
When: Sun, November 5, 2017 from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM PST - Where: Italian Cultural Center - New location! 1629 Columbia Street, San Diego, CA 92101 A compelling true story of Italian Jewish refugee, Alessandro (Alex) Sabbadini, who escaped Fascist Italy to America on the eve of WWII only to join the fight in Italy with the U.S. 5th Army. He joined t...
It’s Columbus Day Today, and His Statue Is Covered in Los Angeles
A statue of Christopher Columbus was covered Monday, Oct. 9. The statue, located in Los Angeles’ Grand Park, is located near the entrance of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse off Hill Street. A white cover now shrouds the statue, CBS LA reported. The display is now surrounded by a chain-link fence, which was set up for the monument. Officials in Los Ange...
Columbus Day celebration at Bowers Museum
October 9, 2016 10:00 am - 12:00 pm. Bowers Museum - 2002 North Main Street - Santa Ana, CA 92706. Join the Italian Cultural Arts Council, an affiliated council of the Bowers Museum, for their annual Columbus Day celebration! The festivities will include a parade of the flags, a Color Guard presentation, singing of the Italian National Anthem, a li...
Little Italy honors its history with a new public space - The Piazza Pescatore
Since the inception of the Little Italy Association of San Diego in 1996, we have prided ourselves on creating a neighborhood that’s walkable and community oriented — a place where people want to stop, sit and enjoy the experiences that San Diego’s Little Italy has to offer. In 2013, the Little Italy Association started working with Alliance Reside...